Postmodern architectural disputes are inseparable from capitalist spatial reorganization

Evidence

One of the most interesting cultural developments since the early 1970s has been the politicization of architectural debate, a process which has perhaps gone furthest in Britain thanks to the intervention of the Prince of Wales, who has carved out a distinctive role as a populist defender of traditional architecture against the depredations of Modernism. These debates must be seen in the context of the transformations undergone by the spatial relationships of advanced capitalist societies in the past generation. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 577

Categorization

• XREF: Connects directly to Harvey’s space-time compression thesis and the broader Marxist geography literature. — connects to: Postwar architectural change is commodification’s next stage, not Modernism’s end — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 588; Postmodern architecture debates are aesthetic mystification masking socioeconomic causes — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 583; The modern-to-postmodern shift correlates with capitalism’s transformation from monopoly to multinational — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 374 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• The modern-to-postmodern shift correlates with capitalism’s transformation from monopoly to multinational #expands (0.90) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 374
• Historical materialism has begun to treat space and geography as causal forces in capitalism #corroborates (0.80) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 2207
• Critical distance from capital has been abolished in postmodern space #expands (0.72) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 158